9.9% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emu Park · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly one in ten people in Emu Park were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent, with the vast majority of residents born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, making up 41.5% and 40.5% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, each accounting for over 11% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 25.2% of the population had been born abroad.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315032/emu-park/topic/ancestry-heritage